William Edward Burgan married his beloved, Mary Catherine O'Brien, on April 24, 1900. I hear that his haircut is called a pompadour, and he must have been considered quite stylish on his wedding day. An earlier blog shows him in the straw hat of a later era, so I am thinking that he believed in the adage, "every girl's crazy
'bout a sharp dressed man".
William was the whole package: young, handsome, had a little money, and a lot of ambition. The Irish Matriarch must have been thrilled to know that her youngest was marrying a nice Irish Catholic girl. The ceremony was held at St. Bernard's, just as it should have been. They moved into a small house just a few blocks away, and established their own home; and so began the struggles that young families could face a century ago.
